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48428 to 48503— Continued. 



48457. Ebytheophloeum guineense Don. Csesalpiniacese. 



"(No. 126.) Mo'afl.. A large, handsome tree, with bipinnate leaves; 

 yields good timber. 



48458. EuPHOEBiA sp. Euphorbiacese. 



"(No. 170.) From Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo." 



48459. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 167.) Mufungo. From Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo." 



48460. Flacouktia sp. Flacourtiacese. 



"(No. 88.) A thorny, edible-fruited evergreen tree from Cataract 

 Island, Zambezi River, Mozambique. Probably the same as S. P. I. No. 

 48249." 



48461. GossYPiuM sp. Malvaceae. 



"(No. 109.) Tree from Zimba, Northern Rhodesia." 



48462. GossYPiUM sp. Malvaceae. 



"(No. 189.) Mookoll^. Fruits eaten by the natives. From Elizabeth- 

 ville, Belgian Kongo." 



48463. Hibiscus sp. Malvaceae. 



" (No. 138.) A fiber plant from Tara, Northern Rhodesia." 



48464. HoLcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum. 

 (Sorghum viulgare Pers.) 



" (No. 158.) Kafir corn. One of the staple foodstuffs of the South 

 Kongo natives. From Katanga, Belgian Kongo." 



" Kafir, the most widely grown variety of the grain sorghums, has 

 considerable sugar in the stem, and all of the varieties are valuable as 

 forage and arc used extensively as a source of roughage both in the form 

 of fodder and as silage. The yield of forage from the grain sorghums 

 is usually about two-thirds that of the sweet sorghums, but the smaller 

 yield is partly balanced by the higher feeding value of the seed of grain 

 sorghums, which is an important item in both fodder and silage. Yields 

 of 20 to 40 bushels of grain or 3 to 4 tons of fodder may be expected 

 from the better varieties." (H. N. Vinall.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47009. 



48465. Intsia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 

 {Afzelia sp.) 



" (No. 149.) Moopaapi. From Keemelolo River, Belgian Kongo." 



48466. Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) Juss. Meliaceae. 



" (No. 125.) MaivfwL A fine tree. Belgian Kongo." 



African mahogany. From west tropical Africa. An important timber 



and cabinet wood of the Tropics. (Adapted fi-om Macmillan, Handbook 



of Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 56Jf.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 8311. 



48467. Markhamia paucifoliolata Wildem. Bignoniaceae. 



" (No. 157.) Tenda-kv:air or Tantanguale. From Kimbembe River, 

 Katanga, Belgian Kongo." 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 48216. 



48468. MiMUSops sp. Sapotaceae. 

 " (No. 79.) From Rhodesia." 



